Key result
Chest computed tomography identified an endothelial sarcoma of the pulmonary arteries in a 40-year-old woman presenting with suspected pulmonary embolism.
Case Report (n=1)
Pulmonary intimal sarcoma should be considered as a rare differential diagnosis for arterial filling defects on chest CT in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism.
Consider pulmonary artery sarcoma in CT filling defects mimicking embolism; single case leaves differential open for validation.
We present a rare case of pulmonary intimal sarcoma mimicking pulmonary embolism in a 40-year-old woman. Although extremely rare, these tumors must be considered in patients who present inappropriate imaging findings that suggest embolism. Chest computed tomography is the modality of choice to determine the extent of the tumor. We present a female patient with suspected embolism that was in fact found to be an endothelial sarcoma of the pulmonary arteries.
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Ebner et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Pulmonary intimal sarcoma (n=1). Chest computed tomography was evaluated on Diagnosis of pulmonary intimal sarcoma. Chest computed tomography identified an endothelial sarcoma of the pulmonary arteries in a 40-year-old woman presenting with suspected pulmonary embolism.
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